Hot Chocolate Dreamer

His luscious soul felt like silky sips

of creamy hot spiced chocolate

tasting of sweet Thai chili and bitter nibs

Chosen from so many he melted into me

offering dreams of rich chocolate-filled days

over sweet hot nights lasting until dawn

arise my sweet and taste of this

everlasting love he promised

Does he remember hot chocolate

even the best of it

will always cool down leaving sips

of cold mocha and sickening sweetness

evoking a bitterness of origins

reheating isn’t quite the same

Original published in Medium.com, revised and reformatted for Vocal.com.

This poem was a response to a poetry prompt originating with Ravyen Hawke’s Promptly Written publication in Medium.com.